"Fellow Daoist, you've come to mediate again?"
Lu Ye looked at Shouren Daoist, feeling as if he was seeing himself in a past life, and couldn't help ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) but ask with a faint smile on his face.
Shouren Daoist's expression was a bit bitter.
He always felt that Lu Ye's gaze could see through him completely, inside and out.
But there was nothing he could do.
The Sect Leader of Mountain and Sea Sect, Fengyu Daoist's calm acceptance of death, truly moved him.
He had originally thought Fengyu Daoist was just talking, but he didn't expect him to actually be willing to die.
"Fellow Daoist, Fengyu Daoist is dead. He was the main culprit, momentarily blinded by evil, but usually considered a good person."
"He has already handed over all the treasures of the Mountain and Sea Sect to Fellow Daoist, Fellow Daoist!"
Although Shouren Daoist didn't explicitly state his request, that final cry of "Fellow Daoist" was remarkably similar to Zhang Liao's three calls of "Yun Chang" when Cao Cao fled along Huarong Path.
However, Lu Ye was not Guan Yun Chang.
Although Shouren Daoist had some shared circumstances with him, it hadn't reached the point of being close friends.
"Did you forget how they treated you during the last peace talks?"
Only Shouren Daoist could make Lu Ye patiently explain.
"This poor Daoist remembers, but... but the price they paid is already big enough."
Lu Ye shook his head.
"For you, it's big enough, but for me, it's not!"
"Fellow Daoist!"
Lu Ye lightly sighed, "How about I help you abolish your Great Dao?"
Shouren Daoist was startled.
It was undeniable that at this moment, Shouren Daoist actually felt a slight inclination.
"Let's go, I'll show you something!"
Lu Ye's figure disappeared.
Shouren Daoist followed closely behind.
The two, one after the other, arrived at a deserted place. A shimmering green light bloomed, and the Enlightenment Tree stretched out its branches, appearing between Heaven and Earth.
Oh, Master finally remembered me.
I haven't appeared for such a long, long time. But it seems I don't have any fighting power, and Master doesn't need me to help with enlightenment either.
Following this Master is truly so happy.
I must protect Master well!
The Enlightenment Tree was exceptionally happy. Even if Master forgot it, it wouldn't be angry at all; instead, it was working hard to find ways to help Master.
Shouren Daoist stared blankly at this Enlightenment Tree.
He couldn't be more familiar with the aura emanating from the Enlightenment Tree.
But, this Great Dao...
Isn't it too terrifying?
Shouren Daoist was completely stunned.
If his Guardian Great Dao was just a weed, then the Guardian Great Dao on this Enlightenment Tree was completely like the Tongtian Jianmu, the difference between an ephemera and the sun and moon.
This was an Enlightenment Tree. Even though Shouren Daoist had never seen a real Enlightenment Tree, he still recognized it.
How could such a terrifying Guardian Great Dao appear on the Enlightenment Tree?
Shouren Daoist considered his knowledge shallow, but what level was this kind of Great Dao?
Emperor Realm?
No, the Emperor Realm definitely doesn't have such a strong Great Dao!
Quasi-Emperor?
Shouren Daoist felt this terrifying Guardian Great Dao. No, it wasn't a Quasi-Emperor, it absolutely couldn't be a Quasi-Emperor, it was a Great Emperor!
At the very least, it was a Great Dao that had condensed a Great Emperor Dao Fruit.
Such a terrifying Guardian Great Dao...
As soon as Lu Ye released the Enlightenment Tree, its branches stretched out towards Lu Ye.
A consciousness was transmitted.
Snuggle~
Lu Ye reached out and gently touched a branch, and the Enlightenment Tree was instantly satisfied.
"This is..." Shouren Daoist asked in a slightly hoarse voice.
Lu Ye confirmed it for him.
"That's right, it's the Guardian Great Dao of a Great Emperor."
Celestial Venerable and Great Emperor made no difference to the current Shouren Daoist, so Lu Ye was too lazy to say it was a Celestial Venerable. Otherwise, Shouren Daoist would hear it and think, 'Holy crap, the Guardian Great Dao is that fierce? It can actually be cultivated to Celestial Venerable?'
"He..."
"Died."
"Huh?"
"Mm."
...
A Great Emperor who cultivated the Guardian Great Dao fell, yet why had he never heard any news about it?
"He wouldn't be the person you mentioned before, the one forsaken by everyone, would he?" Shouren Daoist asked.
Lu Ye nodded.
"Yes!"
"He became a Great Emperor, yet he still fell because he was forsaken by everyone?"
Lu Ye smiled.
"What difference does becoming a Great Emperor make? Even if he was a Celestial Venerable, protecting others his entire life, and finally being betrayed by everyone he protected, would he still have a reason to live?"
Shouren Daoist fell silent.
He looked up again, staring blankly at the Enlightenment Tree.
The sense of protection on the Enlightenment Tree was so strong that he felt ashamed of himself.
But it wasn't just strong...
His eyes held confusion.
Even a Great Emperor was tricked into this state by the Guardian Great Dao.
He also wondered, was it because the Great Emperor used the Guardian Great Dao incorrectly? And could he himself control the Guardian Great Dao very well?
At this moment, he looked back at the past.
Before the Joining Dao Realm, everything in his life was so beautiful. Precisely because it was beautiful, he chose the Guardian Great Dao; he wanted to protect all beautiful things.
After integrating the Guardian Great Dao, he was indeed very strong, almost Invincible within the same realm.
He and his senior sister were childhood sweethearts and should have pledged their lives to each other, but when he was in the Heavenly God Realm, his senior sister fell in love with someone else.
His Master and the Sect, who were originally good to him, also gradually changed their attitude.
Originally, everyone was good to him because he had extraordinary talent and infinite potential.
But after cultivating the Guardian Great Dao, it became him being good to everyone. Those with conscience would return his kindness, but occasionally, someone with conscience discovered a problem.
That was, even if they didn't return the kindness to Shouren Daoist, Shouren Daoist would still be good to them.
And so, there was no return once, no return twice, no return three times.
Until it became taken for granted in the end.
In the very end, just because he cultivated the Guardian Great Dao, he was almost tricked by the Sect into losing his life and Dao.
Now, Shouren Daoist looked back.
He discovered that although he seemed to have Fellow Daoists all over the world, in reality, he no longer had any Fellow Daoists.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have felt like he and Lu Ye were like friends despite the age difference upon meeting Lu Ye.
"I can help you remove the Guardian Great Dao. After removing it, if you are willing, I can guide you to cultivate a new kind of Great Dao."
"That's possible?" Shouren Daoist was startled.
Lu Ye nodded.
Of course, others couldn't accomplish such a thing, but Lu Ye was different.
Back then, to help Shangguan Huanling cultivate a Great Dao again, he didn't know how many methods he had thought of.
Lu Ye deduced for a long time, to the extent that all his assets were fed to the System, and he searched for treasures for thirty years, constantly maintaining the calculation.
Only then did he finally obtain a secret technique called Stealing Heaven and Mending Sun!
Lu Ye was overjoyed at the time and hurriedly had Shangguan Huanling cultivate other Great Daos.
As a result, Shangguan Huanling couldn't learn it...
She couldn't give birth to a new Great Dao.
She didn't understand other Great Daos at all.
So, thirty years were spent on a lonely deduction. Lu Ye couldn't understand it at the time, thinking, "You've already cultivated to the Tongtian Realm, how can you not cultivate another Great Dao!"
But Shangguan Huanling just couldn't cultivate it.
